Foreign citizens stranded in Tanzania due to coronavirus will be eligible to continue their stay as the Immigration Department has decided to extend their visas for three months.
Visa extensions have been granted for all internationals who applied online, VisaGuide.World reports.
The Immigration Department also decided that residents and holders of other passes, including dependant pass holders and exemption certificates will be free of charge for a month.
“If the situation persists after the expiry of such an extension, holders are advised to report to the main immigration office in Dar es Salaam,” the statement of the department reads.
Internationals who have already surrendered their residence permits or passes have been advised to report to the Immigration Office.
Unlike the majority of countries, Tanzania has not closed its borders, neither has suspended international flights.
According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 289 people had completed two weeks of mandatory quarantine, and they were released by the government to join their families after they tested negative for the virus.
The Ministry also revealed that 389 nationals are being followed up.
All internationals coming from the countries where the virus is highly spread will be urged to undergo self-isolation for two weeks.
The government also seeks to come up with a plan that will help the traders and workers economically.
“We need to come up with measures that will help traders to continue doing businesses; the Government must do something so that traders can sell goods at affordable prices and help all other members of the public to survive,” Kawe Member of Parliament, Halima Mdee pointed out.
There have been 24 cases of COVID-19 in Tanzania, while one person has died, so far.
More than 1,300,000 persons worldwide contracted coronavirus pandemic, and 73,842 persons have died.
The most significant number of coronavirus infections have been identified in the US (356,414), in Spain (135,032) and Italy (132,547).